Ball-bearing.



No. 696,777. Patented Apr. I, I902. B. -D. WARD.

BALL BEARING.

lication filed Jan. 22

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BALDWIN D. l/VARD, OF IVIILLPORT, NEW YORK.

BALL BEARING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,777, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed January 22, 1901. Serial No. 44,288. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, BALDWIN D. WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millport, in the county of Chemung and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball-Bearings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ball-bearings; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is alongitudinal section through the bearing. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the bearing.

A is a shaft, and B is a sleeve secured on the shaft by a set-screw a. When the setscrew is slack, the sleeve can he slid longitudinally. The end portions of the sleeve are provided with ball-races b, and O are balls which run in the said races.

D is a cylindrical casing arranged concentric with the shaft A and forming an oilchamber cl around it. The casing D is provided with a base-plate d for securing it in position.

E represents cylinders provided with screwthreaded portions 6 at one end and plain cylindrical guide portions e at the other'end of smaller diameter than the portions 6. The portions 6 engage freely with the screwthreaded portions in the ends of the casin g D, and the guide portions e slide and revolve oil-tight in the oil-chamber of the cylindrical casing, between the screw-threaded portions at its ends. The cylinders E have internal inclined surfaces for bearing against the balls 0. The position of each cylinder is adjusted by revolving it, and it is then locked by a set-screw f, which engages with the casing and bears against its plain portion e. The

parts 6 keep the chamber d oil-tight and permit the cylinders to be revolved to adjust them without the exercise of great force. In

a shaft-bearing the screw-threaded portions c cannot be made oil-tight unless they are the plug G. Oil is inserted in the casing by removing the screw g, and g is a hole in the lower part of the casing provided with a plug or other means for closing it. The waste oil is let out of the hole 9 when the said plug is removed.

\Vhat I claim is- In a shaft-bearing, the combination, with a cylindrical casing having internally-screwthreaded end portions, an oil-chamber at its middle part, and a base-flange upon one side; of adjustable cylinders having screw-threaded portions at one end which engage freely with the screw-threaded portions of the cas ing, plain cylindrical guide portions at the other end which work oil-tight in the said oilchamber of the casing, and internal inclined bearing-surfaces, locking devices for securing the said cylinders in the casing, a shaft provided with a sleeve having ball-races at its end portions and arranged in the oil-chamber of the casing between the inclined bearing-surfaces, and balls arranged between the said inclined bearing-surfaces and ball-races, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BALD'WIN D. \VARD.

l/Vitnesses:

A. S. VANGORDER, Mrs. A. S. VAN Gonnnn. 

